Growing in Greece: A Turning Point

January 24^th, 2011

Aghia Paraskevi

Today was a turning point for the production. We all knew it was coming, the airport was falling through and people’s morals were low. Taso came in and gave us a huge speech about work ethic, taking charge of the program, and preventing him from doing too much work. He said we needed to decide whether he was going to pick an official director or we could vote democratically. As soon as he left we made some nominations, including Arnold, Caitlin Marassi, and Emily. It was unanimous that Arnold should be the Head Director since he knows the most about film/videography and no one can make any final decisions until they’ve talked to him anyway. I organized and mandated the voting process, tallying up the end results which were as follows: Arnold as Head Director, Caitlin Marassi as Assistant Director, and Emily as Art Director.

Everyone seemed happy with the results and agreed that splitting up the power and tasks was the best way to go. Immediately after this vote there was a director and producer meeting in the study area. We basically outlined what tasks needed to be delegated to whom, that our main group should stop trying to do it all and give away jobs, and that more organization and strictness was in order. I feel like everyone was all abuzz when I got back to my room. Doing things, fixing things, coming up with ideas for how we could essentially re-do our entire film. Even though it was frustrating at times it was also exhilarating to know that the program is officially solely run by students. Taso still handles all of the logistical tasks, like keeping in contact with the airport, funds, and excursions, but for the most part it’s all up to us.

We had yet another meeting at about 6 p.m. that lasted two hours with the writers, AP’s, and AD’s and there was a little power struggle. Actually I wouldn’t even say power struggle, more like no one was really sure exactly what their job entailed so for a while we all pretended like we were the boss. That calmed down pretty quickly when we realized there’s plenty of work to go around and we’re all very dedicated to the film. I’m excited to see how the scenes will play out tomorrow!

Ready for Action,

Susieeeeeeee